Living In The Mississippi Valley chords by John Hartford

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)



Verse:
D MajorD      G+G              C majorC
you can take me back to a good old home
C majorC
and love and people that taught
        G+G
in that mississippi valley even on a sunday morning
G+G              D9D9
you know that i’ll be there
 G+G                           C majorC
and we all come back for to be with you good neighbor
C majorC                      G+G
live a good life in the mississippi valley
G+G
down on the river you know that’s where i want to be
G+G                          C majorC
and the night comes on like blanket chilly winds
C majorC                     G+G
people come out in the mississippi valley
 G+G                          D9D9
western kentucky cairo wovern and south saint louis
G+G                           C majorC
theres a baseball game at the legion post on tuesday
C majorC
have a good ride on the julia bell swango

down to the river you know thats where i want to be

Chorus:
C majorC
and the fields of corn and the banjo music
G+G
catfish frying toe boat payload
G+G                  D9D9
pushing up stream against the stars
G+G                           C majorC
and a letter come back from a girl in calhoun county
C majorC                       G+G
here in the middle of the mississippi valley
G+G
im in love and you know thats where i want to be


Chorus:
C majorC
and the fields of corn and the banjo music
G+G
catfish frying toe boat payload
G+G                  D9D9
pushing up stream against the stars
G+G                           C majorC
and a letter come back from a girl in calhoun county
C majorC                       G+G
here in the middle of the mississippi valley
G+G
im in love and you know thats where i want to be